zondag 29 mei 2016

Actor of the Week - Liam Bairstow

Actor:
Liam Bairstow is an actor known for playing Alex Warner in Coronation Street since September 2015. He is 29 years old and was born with Down's Syndrome. He was discovered when the producers of Coronation Street ran a workshop for actors with disabilities names "Breaking Through". Impressed with his abilities, they offerend him the role of Liam. [1]

Coronation Street:
Name: Alex Warner
Born: 1987
Residence: 16a Victoria Street
Mother: Nessa Warner
First appearance: 13th September 2015
Occupation: Waiter at Roy's Rolls

 Alex Warner is the nephew of Cathy Matthews and first visited her in September 2015 when she was staying with Roy Cropper in his Victoria Street flat. Cathy was determined to make him a cake to mark his visit and told Roy that it had to be a wedding cake, complete with figures on the top, as he had had a thing about such events since he was eight years old. From this, Roy gained the impression that he was still a child and when he collected the figurines from Cathy's house, he also collected a horse-racing game named Escalado that he had enjoyed playing himself when a boy.
When he returned to Roy's Rolls, he was momentarily taken aback to find that Alex was twenty-eight years old and had Down's syndrome. He recovered his manners quickly and welcomed Alex, being thoroughly taken with the young man, as was everyone who met him.

Quote:"Hey Roy! I've heard lots of things about you." (First line) [2]

Other Work:
He joined an acting school specialising in nurturing disabled talent named "Mind The Gap" in 2009, playing several roles with the company including a national tour of Treasure Island in which he had to portray sex different characters! [1]

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Social Media:
Twitter: @BairstowLiam
Instagram: @liambairstow


References:
[1] http://coronationstreet.wikia.com/wiki/Liam_Bairstow
[2] http://coronationstreet.wikia.com/wiki/Alex_Warner

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zaterdag 21 mei 2016

Actress of the Week - Faye Brookes


Actress:
Faye Brookes is an actress known for playing Kate Connor in Coronation Street since October 2015. She is 28 years old and was born on 3rd September 1987 in Flixton, Manchester. She trained at the Guildford School of Acting. She is currently dating singer-songwriter Gareth Gates.

Coronation Street:
Name: Kate Connor
Born: 16th November 1989
Residence: 15a Victoria Street
Parents: Johnny Connor & Louise Connor
Siblings: Carlo Connor (Half-Sister), Aidan Connor
First appearance: 5th October 2015

Kate Connor is the daughter of Johnny, sister of Aidan and half-sister of Carla Connor. In September 2015, Aidan stole £100,000 from Kate and Johnny. The pair managed to track Aidan down in Weatherfield. Johnny and Kate learned that Aidan had spent the money on a 40% share of Underworld. Kate met her cousin Michelle, and showed off her engagement ring.
A former holiday rep, the 25-year-old started working at the factory in the packing department less than a fortnight later - under the watchful eye of Kirk Sutherland. Convinced that Kate fancied Kirk, his wife Beth called her a hussy, warning her to keep her hands to herself, however Kate continued to wind Beth up and the pair began to brawl when Beth witnessed Kate squeezing Kirk's biceps and the women had to be separated by Carla. With Kate ordered to apologize, she bought Kirk and Beth a drink in the Rovers - explaining that she was only having a laugh with Kirk and that she was soon to marry her girlfriend Caz Hammond.

Other Work:
She appeared in 5 episodes of 'Our Zoo' and 1 episode in 'Atlantis'. She also starred in theatre productions of Shrek, Sound of music and Legally Blonde.

Fun Facts:
  • Boyfriend Gareth Gates found Faye 'intimidating' when they first met. 
  • Faye  Brookes and Gareth Gates met after starring as on-stage lovers in a 2012 production of Legally Blonde.
  • She took over the lead in Legally Blonde from Sheridan Smith, and 
  • She also starred as Princess Fiona in Shrek.
  • Brookes has said that dancing and singing didn't come naturally to her and she's had to work hard to succeed.
  • Brookes admitted kissing Rhea Bailey aka Caz was her first time ever kissing a girl and she found it "nerve-warcking".
  • She ran the Great Manchester Run to help raise funds for Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital Charity.

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Social Media:
Twitter: @Faye_Brookes
Instagram: @faye_brookes
References:
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faye_Brookes
Wikia: http://coronationstreet.wikia.com/wiki/Faye_Brookes
FayeBrookesFans: http://fayebrookesfans.blogspot.nl/
IMDB: http://imdb.com/name/nm5980860/
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